Is science a case of wasteful competition?

Kyklos

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 395-414

  Van Dalen, Hendrik P ^a,b   Klamer, Arjo ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c Department of History and Arts ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); LEARNING; PRODUCTIVITY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 28144457170     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0023-5962.2005.00294.x     Document Type: Review

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